Job 31:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 31:11 : 11 For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
  • Deut 17:2-7 : 2 If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel: 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
  • Josh 24:27 : 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
  • Judg 11:27 : 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
  • Job 9:15 : 15 Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
  • Deut 17:9 : 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
  • Josh 24:23 : 23 Now therefore put away, [said he], the strange gods which [are] among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 ¶ But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.]
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:29-30
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    78%

    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

    30Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

  • 27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • 11For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.

  • Job 34:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31¶ Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:

    32[That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • 9Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].

  • Ps 7:3-4
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    3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

    4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

  • 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 27:5-6
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    73%

    5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

    6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

  • 5If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • 15Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.

  • Job 31:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

    6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

    7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

  • Ps 18:21-23
    3 verses
    72%

    21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    22For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

    23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

  • Job 34:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

    6Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.

  • 23For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  • 24I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

  • 27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

  • 15¶ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

  • 10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • 28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

  • 33¶ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

  • 8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • 22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

  • Job 31:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

    14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • 1¶ Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

  • 1¶ [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.

  • 24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

  • 32For [he is] not a man, as I [am, that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.

  • 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

  • 2For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

  • 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • 19Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • 22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

  • 12For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

  • 35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

  • 12Behold, [in] this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

  • 14¶ If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

  • 13Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me].

  • 6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

  • 22For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.

  • 2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.